New Jersey, USA — visiting The Garden State

New Jersey, USA — photo: Hoboken Terminal with Jersey City skyline in the background, as viewed from Pier A Park, Hoboken, New Jersey [graphic/composite:travel1000places.com; photo: King of Hearts / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]. Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Terminal at Hoboken (Hudson River) is in the National Register of Historic Places in the United States.

The many gardens, farms and fruit plantations coined the nickname of New Jersey. Anyhow it’s the state which is populated the densest.

The state was named after Jersey, a British Channel Island.

Largest city is Newark which is situated adjacent from New York City.New York City is connected via the Holland Tunnel, the Lincoln Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge.

Atlantic City is the mega gambling city of the East coast and ranks among these type of cities #2 after Las Vegas.

Ashbury Park is one of the best known Ocean resorts along the coast and offers great sand beaches.

Famous scientists came from New Jersey or resided here: among them Albert Einstein, who worked with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Thomas Edison, who had his laboratory in Menlo Park – he invented the electric light (light bulb) as well as the phonograph; F.B. Morse, who brought us the first working telegraph which revolutionized telecommunication at that time – he had his workshop near Morristown.

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Daylight Saving Time

DST in the USA 2020
Begin: March-8, 2020, @2 am (clocks will be advanced 1 hr).
End: November-1, 2020 @3 am (minus 1hr)
Arizona has no DST. During summer Arizona has the same time as California, in winter it has the same time as Colorado.

DST New Zealand:
Since NZ is located in the southern hemisphere, DST is 'kind of' reversed:
DST started 30-Sep-2019 (2am) (plus 1hr)
2020: DST ends on 5-April-2020 (3am)(minus 1hr) and starts again on 27-September-2020 (2am)